OTA Updates/iPad Air/12.2

iPad Air

iPad4,1

Users still running older versions of iOS (up to 9.3.5) are now presented with a dummy update file, and are instructed to use iTunes to install software updates.

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	9c32e4f44f66ea3db5794eefcaa1ce228fe33d66.zip	2,150,421,827
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	9c32e4f44f66ea3db5794eefcaa1ce228fe33d66.zip	2,150,421,827

iPad4,2

Users still running older versions of iOS (up to 9.3.5) are now presented with a dummy update file, and are instructed to use iTunes to install software updates.

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	428f55658d3a7ae38f41439fff603ccde6c0cee3.zip	2,177,934,699
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	428f55658d3a7ae38f41439fff603ccde6c0cee3.zip	2,177,934,699

iPad4,3

Users still running older versions of iOS (up to 9.3.5) are now presented with a dummy update file, and are instructed to use iTunes to install software updates.

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	da168b974f52e7462a64a3c02d3c2445e54739dc.zip	2,177,934,715
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	da168b974f52e7462a64a3c02d3c2445e54739dc.zip	2,177,934,715

iPad Air 2

iPad5,3

Users still running older versions of iOS (up to 9.3.5) are now presented with a dummy update file, and are instructed to use iTunes to install software updates.

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	6ea38f511e3e9ea9f429deb932708f01718466bf.zip	2,194,343,553
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	6ea38f511e3e9ea9f429deb932708f01718466bf.zip	2,194,343,553

iPad5,4

Users still running older versions of iOS (up to 9.3.5) are now presented with a dummy update file, and are instructed to use iTunes to install software updates.

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	79638ef7dcc72115168e2101a49711e8a3afd065.zip	2,220,034,216
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	79638ef7dcc72115168e2101a49711e8a3afd065.zip	2,220,034,216

iPad Air (3rd generation)

iPad11,3

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	12.2 beta 6	16E4227a	25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	5b4f746ac22109ed499ba0359002e17904705d86.zip	2,441,866,640
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	5b4f746ac22109ed499ba0359002e17904705d86.zip	2,441,866,640

iPad11,4

Version	Build	Prerequisite Version	Prerequisite Build	Release Date	OTA Download URL	File Size
12.2	16E227^[1]	12.2 beta 6	16E4227a	25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	c4ddf8a5806100e404b0592406fb7df7aab486c7.zip	2,482,028,183
12.2	16E227	—		25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)	c4ddf8a5806100e404b0592406fb7df7aab486c7.zip	2,482,028,183

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Apple inflated the build number in its mesu.apple.com listing, presumably to make the device recognize the update. (e.g. 16E6227 was listed as 16E227.) The listings on this page use the build number displayed on the device.

[inflated-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Apple inflated the build number in its mesu.apple.com listing, presumably to make the device recognize the update. (e.g. 16E6227 was listed as 16E227.) The listings on this page use the build number displayed on the device.

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